Melania Trump

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Date of Birth:

April 26, 1970

Height:

5' 11"

Bio:Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970 in Sevnica, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian jewelry designer and former model. Melania grew up when Slovenia was a part of communist Yugoslavia. Her mother, Amalija Knavs, was a fashion designer. Melania began her modeling career at age 16 and when she was 18, she signed with a modeling agency in Milan. Melania studied design and architecture at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia while modeling in Milan and Paris. In 1996, she relocated to New York City. During her modeling career, Meliania appeared on the covers of such magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, In Style, Vanity Fair and Glamour. In 2010, she launched her jewelry collection, Melania Timepieces and Jewelry. Three years later, she debuted a line of skin care products.

Best Known For:
Melania Trump is best known for being a former model, an entrepreneur and as the third wife of Donald Trump.

Personal Life:
Melania met Donald at a New York Fashion Week party in September 1998. Their relationship gained notoriety after a 1999 Howard Stern Show interview. They were engaged in 2004 and married in January 2005. Celebrities like Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Rudy Giuliani, Heidi Klum and both Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton attended the ceremony. In 2006, Melania and Donald welcomed their first child together, a son named Barron William. Melania became a naturalized citizen in 2006. She is an honorary chairwoman for the Martha Graham Dance Company and a Goodwill Ambassador for the American Red Cross.

When Prince Harry sat down with Melania Trump on Sept. 23, he made history – sorta – by becoming the first member of the British monarchy to meet with a Trump since they moved into the White House.

Melania Trump is digging in to being first lady, literally! She hit the White House Garden to plant veggies with local D.C. kids on Sept. 22, but the fashionista didn’t get her $1,362 designer red plaid shirt dirty.

Is this how the President is supposed to treat his First Lady? After Melania Trump introduced Donald Trump, instead of hugging her, he shook her hand and told Melania to ‘go sit down.’ Awkward!

Lesson learned! Melania wore a pair of $50 Converse sneakers to visit Hurricane Irma victims after getting mocked for wearing sky high designer heels on a trip to see the flooding left by Hurricane Harvey.

After Melania Trump was dragged for wearing stilettos while visiting victims of Hurricane Harvey, the First Lady seemingly trolled critics by rocking heels again. Furious citizens blasted her with tweets and memes!

Melania Trump seriously wore 5-inch stiletto heels to visit flood-ravaged Texas during Hurricane Harvey. People are baffled and slamming the first lady for dressing up to visit people fleeing from danger.